Dr. Oz Explains the Healthcare System - Healthy Articlese

In the United States our healthcare is among the most expensive in the world but we don't get the best care our system is broken but without understanding it we can't fix it in order to help decode this for you I'm going to use the analogy of buying groceries from a supermarket now think about your weekly trip to the supermarket today you prepared an event you know what you need make a list you even have coupons to make sure you get in the best deal now high on your list our canned beans you check out the variety in the brand and choose the best deal from the branes your family likes there's a lot of competition when it comes to growing and packing and delivering those things so you know what you get a pretty good deal if you head to the checkout with all of your items and you spend $50 right on the budget now imagine you're back in the store and just like you have a health insurance plan for your health care this time you get a food plan for your food paid for by your employer or the government who simply takes twenty-five dollars out of your paycheck each week and you can buy all the food you want with just a $10 copay let me say this again no matter how much the food actually, costs and how much you get you only have to pay the $10 you go back to your beans but now there are no prices on the products and then go familiar brand labels, fortunately,

Dr. Oz Explains the Healthcare System - Healthy Articlese

A store employee in a white coat tells you what to get so you do they know better right and because you're paying $10 regardless of how much the food action cost you're going to think about the price so maybe even throw in a few extras why not it's free you just swipe your food plan card and you pay your 10 bucks at the end of the week you get a notice, not a bill from the food plan company that says your groceries which you used to spend just $50 on now cost $100 but the food plan company pays for it now you think it's strange your groceries cost much board they used to but it's got to bother you because you only pay $10 what just happened a couple of things you and everyone else used to look for the best deal on your can of beans but now you'll never even shop around and you and everyone else is buying a little more food because it's all free meanwhile the supermarket has been expanding is upgrading the store with exotic and expensive foods that you might have always wanted but you never could have afforded in healthcare that's things like the latest cutting-edge equipment and medications as you might think twice about receiving if you were the one paying the full price so you splurge on these exotic foods but not all the time even if you don't buy them your store still has to pay for all the new inventory so they raise the price of all the food in the store all the other markets in your area do the same thing but someone's got to pay for this and ultimately that's going to be you now you check your pay stub and discover your employer's taking out $100 no longer $25 of your paycheck each week to pay for your food plan you're not happy about that at all but without your food plan insurance, you could never afford your now enormous grocery bill in health care people without insurance also drive up costs saying in our imaginary world of food plans so now imagine there are a lot of people who have not gone to the market for a long time because they don't have a food plan so when they finally do though they are really hungry and they filled their car still they're overflowing at the checkout if they have the money they pay up but it's usually not enough because food has gotten so expensive because everyone has to eat the store gives them their groceries anyway and since the shoppers can't pay the supermarket's increased the price of everyone else's food that covers their losses so that cart of groceries that was once $50 and went up to $100 and then $1,000 on now at $5,000 and the food plant increases its prices that cover the shortfall and your $10 copay now goes up to $50 with all these rising costs perhaps the biggest challenge in healthcare is to give everyone affordable insurance even people who have expensive preexisting medical conditions here's what happens when that gets factored into the food plan the mayor in town wants to make sure everyone has a food plan so she sets up the system to make sure everyone can buy one this food plan covers another kind of shopper the kind that has a pre-existing condition which requires them to buy twice as much food as you do at twice the cost if they still pay the same fifty dark opaque you do the food slang company wants to charge these people more or not give them a plan at all but the mayor says the food plan consignee not only can't deny him a plan they must also charge all the shoppers the same price this causes the food plan company to raise the price of everyone's plan in order to stay in business as costs skyrocket some healthy shoppers stop going to the grocery store and employers eventually cut back on their contribution or they leave town leaving you without a plan or food overtime the food plan company has a hard time making ends meet and still does a supermarket so how do we solve it one of the possible ways out is the building the new plan that empowers shoppers they care once again about their purchase decisions and allows the supermarket to treat its customers as frugal practical and intelligent decision-makers who will buy only what they really need is a ride to the day we are thinking unhealthy English (auto-generated) Up next.